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Originally US drug subcultures, late 1960s.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: An act of self-aggrandizement, undertaken to increase one's own power and influence or to draw attention to one's own importance. Full definition →
Originally US drug subcultures, late 1960s.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.